Luigi Boccherini - Minuetto

The Ride of the Valkyries is the second of the four opera, "Ring Cycle" by Richard Wagner.  It was written in 1851 and is one of Wagner's best known musical compositions.

Photo:  "In Old Norse mythology, the maiden attendants of Odin, who, at his command, rode over battlefields and bore the souls of the bravest of the slain to Valhalla, Odin's great hall." -Foster, 1921

The Ride Of The Valkyries by Richard Wagner

Album: Tokyo Opera City Live!
Performed by: Musashino Academia Musicae Wind Ensemble
Conductor/Director: Dr. Rik Hansen

Track recorded live at Tokyo Opera City Hall on 7/13/12

Samson et Delilah: Danse Bacchanale - Camille Saint-Saëns

Johann Strauss II - The Blue Danube Waltz

This is the finale of Rossini's William Tell Overture. This section is also known as "March of the Swiss Soldiers." The popular rhythmic pattern is commonly associated with galloping horses both in cartoons and in real life.

This digital arrangement was based on the original score. Instrumentation consists of a piccolo, a flute, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four french horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, a triangle, cymbals, and section strings.

All parts were recorded using EastWest/Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra.

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Rossini - William Tell Overture (Finale)

While it wasn't included in the episode itself, this variation of 'Life Sucks' from Mind the Analog also needed a home following the project's cancellation. I figured it was a fun way to close out this shorter album!

A Great Impression

The Russian Souvenir

Waltz of The Flowers

The bustling overture to CARMEN bursts out of the gate with lively music from the bullfighting scene of Act 4, interrupted by the well-known tune of Escamillo’s “Toreador Song.” Pier Giorgio Morandi conducts the orchestra of Seattle Opera.
Image: Miki De Goodaboom

CARMEN: Overture

Guest conductor Tito Munoz leads the New England Conservatory Philharmonia in a performance of Dvorak's Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World". Recorded live in NEC's Jordan Hall October 2010.

Dvorak: Symphony No 9 in E minor - Allegro con fuoco

Georges Bizet [ L'Arlésienne: Farandole ]

Bizet  [ L'Arlésienne: Farandole ]

Jacques Offenbach [ Galop Infernal ] Twitter: @mclassica

Offenbach - [ Orphée aux enfers - Galop Infernal ] \m/

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Rossini - William Tell Overture (Finale)

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